Wow, Major League Baseball, we get it: you like no-hitters. There have already been three of them this year, with Sean Manaea holding the Red Sox hitless in April, the Dodgers combining for a no-hitter in Mexico against the Padres, and on Tuesday, the Mariners and James Paxton shutting down the Blue Jays in Canada. That international flavor is a neat touch, but still, spread these no-nos out a little, you’re getting predictable.
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Seems like maybe MLB should think about retiring this plot device: there have been 299 of these things now. Come up with some new ideas, Baseball! This is like watching the never ending Walking Dead, except the Padres’ lineup shambles around even more aimlessly than both that show and its zombies.
Thank you.
No-hitters are pretty dope, actually, but I was thinking this morning, given we’ve had a few in recent weeks, about that one time MLB Network’s Brian Kenny decided to wage war against them because they were “antiquated” like hitting streaks, which also rule.
I’m not afraid to say it: no-hitters? No-hitters are good, actually.
Quote me on that. No, really, please do. Link to this editorial when you do it, too, I need the traffic. Here, I’ll even make a screenshot for you to share in your tweet or Facebook post or whatever. Instagram that hard-hitting honesty truth bomb, the people need to know.
- The Red Sox-Yankees rivalry is one of sports’ best, but also its history is like, 95 percent the Red Sox getting their asses beat and not getting back up from it for a decade at a time. That’s all changed in recent years, though, and we’ve finally got a two-sided rivalry on our hands.
- That Red Sox-Yankees rivalry is back, as you surmised from the previous bullet, and here is the Yankees’ perspective on it, courtesy Pinstripe Alley’s Tyler Norton.
- And because of equal time and all of that, here’s Over the Monster’s Matthew Collins, who you also know from this newsletter, on the Red Sox’ perspective on the return of the rivalry.
- Rivalry. Man, that word sure sounds weird in my head now after these last few days.
- Ben Lindbergh took a look at the times that balls and strikes have broken baseball because the umpire or players forgot how many there were.
- Sam Miller wonders what would happen if teams could bid to have more home games.
- The Orioles had some kind of loss on Tuesday, as starter Dylan Bundy gave up seven runs without recording an out thanks to four homers. Camden Chat illustrated the game for you, as it merited illustration.
- Bundy is struggling, but that’s just the latest in a long line of Orioles’ misfortunes.
- The Reds traded Devin Mesoraco for the recently designated Matt Harvey, and I’m not sure if that deal is weirder now than it would have been in like, 2014.
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